[rideit]

RIP, Kai.
First Laurel, and now you.
My heart is heavy.

 

[N8 v2.0]

I'm so sorry for you man..

 

[partsbara]

sorry to hear that mate... where did this happen, in wyoming ??

RIP kai...

 

[rideit]

In France. I actually was reading a thread on TGR about it, but had no way of knowing who it was until I got a call from his brother.
This is getting harder to deal with...I have lost five friends now to Ullr the cruel.
I think I might have to go hike a run on the Pass right now to sort things out.
Kai KNEW what was up, as did most of my lost friends.
Doing what he loved, and all that.....

 

[Changleen]

That really sucks.

Still, if you have to die, as you said being in the mountains doing something you love is probably one of the best ways. I'd rather die like that than from cancer or something, or just rotting away at the end of your life.

 

[laura]

That really sucks.

Still, if you have to die, as you said being in the mountains doing something you love is probably one of the best ways. I'd rather die like that than from cancer or something, or just rotting away at the end of your life.

agreed. positive thoughts your way man. that snow is some crazy ****.

 

[JohnE]

Add me to the list of condolences brother. Rest easy in that he died doing something he loved, in a beautiful place.

 

[Skookum]

Sorry for your loss.

 

[dfinn]

In bounds or BC? Either way it's definitely a risk every time you go out. I just read about a instructor who died in bounds at Shasta yesterday, he got stuck in a tree well.

Sorry to hear about that.

 

[jdcamb]

My condolences brother. Any lose is rough but 2 back to back. Thats really rough. My prayers and thoughts are with you tonight......

 

[douglas]

RIP, Kai.
First Laurel, and now you.
My heart is heavy.

I received this email form one of my friends:

This is crappy news. A guy I work with and played basketball with was killed in the French Alps in an avalanche yesterday while back country boarding. He was 28. He was with his girlfriend and planned to propose – he had the ring with him in his jacket. How terrible is that… she was on vaca with him, don’t know the details of what she saw. Apparently he got caught in the avalanche which landed in a lake, he was pushed through 8 inches of ice and needed to be pulled out of the lake.

I hear these stories but they are normally news flashes and not so close…

Pretty gloomy here today…

 

[rideit]

5 people died yesterday in Europe in seperate incidents. This was a different one...a lot of pain going around.

 

[TreeSaw]

I am so sorry to hear of your loss.

 

[merrrrjig]

I am so sorry to hear this, as someone else said, better to go doing something that you love. pretty sad story, im sorry

 

[Mani_UT]

5 people died yesterday in Europe in seperate incidents. This was a different one...a lot of pain going around.

Sorry to hear about your loss. That is sad to die doing what you love.

I did not hear about the circumstances but right now is NOT the right time to take any chances in the alps.
Was he out with locals or just other travellers?

 

[Ciaran]

My deepest condolences on your loss. May your friend never be forgotten, and may his life be celebrated.

 

[MudGrrl]

do what you love